Oculus revealed its very own VR web browser, Carmel, back at Oculus Connect 3 in October. Now, you can get a taste of what it offers. Carmel is now available as a Developer Preview in the Gallery Apps section for Gear VR. As the name suggests, the current release is designed for those looking to...
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Pixvana’s New Spin Studio Wants To Be Your 360-Degree Video Editing Suite
Pixvana will launch the beta for a new suite of tools designed for virtual reality professionals to stitch, edit, publish and distribute 360-degree content in Q1 2017. Spin Studio includes Spin Publisher and Spin Player, which soft-launched in September, and the new Spin Stitch, Spin Story and Spin Finish. Spin Stitch syncs and stitches clips...
‘Layers of Fear Solitude’ Review: Ho-Hum Horror For Daydream
Just like almost any other horror game made in the last five or so years, Layers of Fear seems perfectly suited to VR support. Bloober Team’s first-person chiller released on PC and console earlier this year to a decent reception. Critics and players loved the mind games the developer played with them, and the haunting...
Get $100 in Free VR Games When You Buy an NVIDIA GPU and HTC Vive
Haven’t decided whether to pull out the credit card and buy the VR system of your dreams yet? Well, NVIDIA is making it that much harder this holiday season with a new bundle that includes three highly rated games for free when you buy a GeForce GTX 1080, 1070, or 1060 GPU and an HTC...
Exclusive: ‘Perfect’ Wants To Be The VR App You Show Your Grandma This Christmas
I was talking to a friend the other night about VR fatigue, and how some of the initial wonder had washed away. The best VR is still incredible, but there are some apps that just don’t pull me in the way they used to. In response, he reminded me that any VR software, no matter...
VR Together Helps Developers Give Back And Positive VR Get Made
VR has already been used for a lot of positive and inspiring projects, but getting these off of the ground without the help of a major organization or charity can be tough. For those looking to use the technology in this way, a new platform named VR Together might be able to help. VR Together...
Nikon Turns Attention Toward 360 Video with Expert Panel
Nikon’s foray into 360° video continued at the ‘Nikon Innovation Forum: The 360° Video Revolution’ event in NYC last week. There the company’s recently released KeyMission 360 action camera was the centerpiece among non-360° action cameras of the same series. In addition to the camera displays and examples of footage shot on Nikon’s KeyMission series, the...
Get a Girlfriend Through Virtual Reality
AliceX is a new service that offers companionship through its virtual reality service. The site claims to provide a “virtual girlfriend experience” to anyone with a computer, phone, internet, and a VR headset. It’s basically a 24-hour cam site with real models acting as “girlfriends” for users. AliceX plans on implementing Oculus Rift support in...
Deal: Buy an Oculus Rift and Get a $100 Amazon Gift Card
Black Friday has passed, but a few holiday VR deals remain. For a limited time, Amazon is offering a $100 gift card with every Rift purchase. It might not be the same straight up $100 discount HTC had offered on the Vive during Black Friday, but if you’re a regular Amazon shopper, it’s nearly as...
The Artery Creates New “Spirit of Meditation” 360° Virtual Reality App
Renowned Art + Technology company The Artery, which employs an award winning talent base of some of the most talented digital artists in the world, has created a new Virtual Reality experience: “Spirit of Meditation.” The new App is currently available at the VR store:https://www.oculus.com/experiences/gear-vr/1276353495756631/ Developed by The Artery and Mentors Channel, the new “Spirit...
